"Laguna Beach"
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Laguna Beach, California Images from top, left to right: Laguna Beach coastline, Lifeguard Tower, view from Heisler Park, Festival of the Arts, and statue of Town Greeter Eiler Larsen.
Images from top, left to right: Laguna Beach coastline, Lifeguard Tower, view from Heisler Park, Festival of the Arts, and statue of Town Greeter Eiler Larsen.
Official seal of Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach is a seaside resort town/city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States.
Laguna Beach was settled in the 1870s, officially established in 1887 and, in 1927 its current government was incorporated as a city.
The Laguna Beach coastline is protected by 5.88 miles (9.46 km) of state marine reserve and an additional 1.21 miles (1.95 km) of state conservation area. Laguna Beach was the site of a prehistoric paleoindian civilization. In 1933, the first fossilized skull of a paleoindian found in California was uncovered amid assembly on St.
Ann's Drive. Known as "Laguna Woman", the skull originally was radiocarbon dated to more than 17,000 BP, however, revised measurements suggest it originated amid the Holocene era 11,700 years before present. Subsequent research has found a several prehistoric encampment sites in the area. Historically, the indigenous citizens of the Laguna Beach region were the Tongva.
Aliso Creek served as a territorial boundary between Gabrieleno and Acjachemen groups, or Juanenos, titled by Spanish missionaries who first encountered them in the 1500s. The region of Laguna Canyon was titled on an 1841 Mexican territory grant map as, Canada de las Lagunas (English:Glen of the Lagoons). After the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the region of Alta California was ceded to the United States.
The treaty provided that Mexican territory grants be honored and Rancho San Joaquin, which encompassed north Laguna Beach, was granted to Jose Antonio Andres Sepulveda.
Following a drought in 1864, Sepulveda sold the property to James Irvine. The majority of Laguna Beach was one of the several parcels of coastal territory in Southern California that never was encompassed in any Mexican territory grant. In Laguna Beach, pioneer planted groves of eucalyptus trees. In 1871, the first permanent homestead in the region was occupied by the George and Sarah Thurston family of Utah on 152 acres of Aliso Creek Canyon. In 1876, the brothers William and Lorenzo Nathan "Nate" Brooks purchased tracts of territory in Bluebird Canyon at present-day Diamond Street.
They subdivided their land, assembled homes and initiated the small improve of Arch Beach. In his book, History of Orange County, California (1921), Samuel Armor cited the permanent homestead of Nate Brooks as the beginning of the undivided day town and described Brooks as the "Father of Laguna Beach." The improve in Laguna Canyon and around the chief beach period amid the 1880s.
The town/city officially established a postal service in 1887 under the name Lagona (sic), but the postmaster in 1904, Nicholas Isch, successfully petitioned for a name correction to Laguna Beach. By then Laguna Beach already had advanced into a tourist destination. Hubbard Goff assembled a large hotel at Arch Beach in 1886, which later was moved and added to Joseph Yoch's Laguna Beach Hotel assembled in 1888 on the chief beach. Visitors from small-town metros/cities pitched tents on the beaches for vacation amid the warm summers. William Wendt, Frank Cuprien, and Edgar Payne among the rest settled there and formed the Laguna Beach Art Association.
The first art loggia opened in 1918 and later became the Laguna Beach Art Museum. Precursors to The Festival of the Arts and the Pageant of the Masters began in 1921, and eventually were established in their present day form by Roy Ropp in 1936. Due to its adjacency to Hollywood, Laguna also became a favorite recording location.
The arrival of painters, photographers, filmmakers, and writers established Laguna Beach as a noted artist community. Although there only were approximately 300 inhabitants in 1920, a large proportion of them worked in creative fields. The small town remained isolated until 1926 because the long winding Laguna Canyon road served as the only access. With the culmination of the Pacific Coast Highway in 1926, a populace boom was expected.
In order to protect the small town atmosphere of the art colony, inhabitants who called themselves "Lagunatics" pushed for incorporation. The municipal government for Laguna Beach incorporated as a town/city on June 29, 1927. The town/city has experienced steady populace growth since that time, rising from 1900 inhabitants in 1927 to more than 10,000 in 1962, and becoming four times larger in area. Many creative, bohemian, and wealthy citizens have made Laguna Beach their home.
Hildegarde Hawthorne, granddaughter of the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, described Laguna "as a child of that deathless search, especially by persons who devote their lives to painting or writing, or for some place where beauty and cheapness and a trifle of remoteness hobnob together in a delightful companionship." Laguna Beach was the southern California epicenter of the 'alternative' hippie culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In early 1967, John Griggs and other beginning members of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love relocated from Modjeska Canyon to the Woodland Drive neighborhood of Laguna Beach, which they later re-christened "Dodge City". Timothy Leary lived in a beach home on Gaviota Drive. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Laguna Beach has a total region of 25.4 km2 (9.8 sq mi), of which 22.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) is territory and 2.5 km2 (0.97 sq mi).
Its coastline is 7 mi (11 km) long and includes 27 beaches and coves. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, Crystal Cove State Park on the northwest, Laguna Woods on the northeast, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel on the east, and Dana Point on the southeast.
The territory in and around Laguna Beach rises quickly from the shoreline into the hills and canyons of the San Joaquin Hills.
The town's highest point, at an altitude of 1,007 feet (307 m), is Temple Hill in the Top of the World neighborhood. Because of its hilly topography and encircling parklands, there are several roads into or out of town; only the Coast Highway connecting to Newport Beach to the northwest and to Dana Point to the south, and State Route 133 crossing the hills in a northeastern direction through Laguna Canyon.
Parts of Laguna Beach border the Aliso/Wood Canyons Regional Park.
The natural landscape of beaches, rocky bluffs and craggy canyons have been noted as sources of inspiration for Plein air painters who have settled in the Laguna Beach since the early 1900s. The hills also are known internationally for mountain biking. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park is a 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) wilderness region in the hills encircling Laguna Beach.
North Laguna Beach South Laguna Beach Laguna Beach has a mild Mediterranean climate with abundant sunlight all year.
The average ocean water temperatures range from about 59 F in February to 68 F in August; with early to mid-September water temperatures often peaking at about 72 F. However, the ocean surface temperatures along the beaches of Laguna Beach may vary by a several degrees from the average, dependent upon offshore winds, air temperature, and sunshine. Climate data for Laguna Beach, California The ethnic makeup of Laguna Beach was 90.9% White (85.7% Non-Hispanic White), 0.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions. 7.3% of the populace was Hispanic or Latino of any race. During 2009 2013, Laguna Beach had a median homehold income of $94,325, with 6.3% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. The Laguna Art Museum is rooted in the evolution of Laguna Beach as an art improve with the creation of the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1918. Located beside the chief beach, the exhibition focuses on the art of California.
The Laguna Playhouse, established in 1920, is noted as the "oldest continuously running theatre on the west coast". The playhouse provides experienced stage productions in its 420-seat Moulton Theater, as well as performances by the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre program.
The Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational is held annually in October. Some of North America's plein air landscape painters are invited to participate in the seven-day affairs including enhance paint outs, artist meet and greets, and educational activities.
The Laguna Beach Arts Commission sponsors a weekly Summer Concert in the Park series at Bluebird Park and Heisler Park.
The Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society holds an annual chamber music festival amid the winter season.
Laguna is also home to the annual Bluewater Music Festival, and Kelpfest held on Earth Day, to raise awareness of the importance that kelp plays in ocean surrounding. Laguna Beach has a rich surfing history centered on a five-block stretch of rocky reefs between Brooks and St.
Participation is open only to Laguna Beach residents. Notable participants have encompassed Hobie Alter, Mickey Munoz, and Tom Morey. Started in 1976, the 'Vic' Skimboarding World Championship is held at Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach and is the longest running skim boarding contest on the pro circuit. The Laguna Open Volleyball Tournament began in 1955 and, as stated to tournament directors, it is the second earliest volleyball tournament in the United States. Participants have encompassed several Olympic gold medalists, including Dusty Dvorak, Scott Fortune, resident Dain Blanton and Gene Selznick who won the first seven competitions. Laguna's foothill trails are known internationally for mountain biking. Mountain bike hall of fame legend, Hans Rey makes his home in Laguna Beach, as do the Rads, pioneers of mountain biking going back to the 1970s.
Laguna Beach was first settled in the 1870s, but was established officially in 1887 and, in 1927 it incorporated as a city.
Beginning in 1944, a council-manager form of government was adopted. Residents of Laguna Beach elect five non-partisan council members who serve four-year staggered terms, with elections occurring every two years.
In 2011, John Pietig was hired as town/city manager following the retirement of his boss, Ken Frank who, after 31 years, was one of the longest-serving town/city supervisors in Orange County history.
Laguna Beach is positioned in the fifth precinct of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
In the United States House of Representatives, Laguna Beach is in California's 48th congressional district, represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher. Beachgoers at Main Beach in Laguna Beach Laguna Beach has a history of surroundingal stewardship and historic preservation.
Laguna Beach is the only Orange County town/city protected by a dedicated greenbelt inland and bluebelt seaward.
In 1968, small-town conservationists established Laguna Greenbelt and began a drive to conserve a horseshoe of hills and canyons encircling Laguna Beach. As of 2011, more than 20,000 adjoining acres of wildlands constituted The Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Jim Dilley Preserve, Crystal Cove State Park, and the Aliso-Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. The creation of the 7,000-acre Laguna Coast Wilderness Park as a protected region began in the late 1980s and early 1990s when small-town artists, activists and politicians rallied to preserve Laguna Canyon.
With the surroundingally concentrated Laguna Canyon Project and its photographic mural, "The Tell," as backdrop and stimulus, Laguna people forged a partnership to prevent assembly of a 3,200-acre housing universal in the canyon.
An exhibition on the Laguna Canyon Project, titled "The Canyon Project: Artivism," was held at Laguna Art Museum in 2015-16.,. Today the Wilderness Park and Laguna Canyon inside it are designated as open space into perpetuity. The Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve (LBSMR), which extends from Irvine Cove to Treasure Island Beach, was established in 2012, to make most of the coastal region a no-take zone. Docents of the Laguna Ocean Foundation furnish monitoring and education at tidepools inside the LBSMR. In addition, the 3.2 mile long Crystal Cove State Park abuts the northern border of Laguna Beach.
American Craftsman Bungalows from the early 1900s dot the downtown and South Laguna areas.
Between 1980 and 1981, the town/city conducted the Laguna Beach Historic Survey, a city-wide block-by-block study which noted the locale of pre-1940 buildings and determined which had historic significance. 706 homes and structures in Laguna Beach were classified as historically significant. Laguna Beach is the tenth official Transition Town in the U.S.
In February 2007, Laguna's town/city council unanimously voted to join the U.S.
Laguna Beach passed a city-wide 'Idaho Stop' for cyclist, a no plastic bag ordinance and a no plastic bottle purchasing policy for its government.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District manages enhance education for town/city residents.
The precinct includes one high school (Laguna Beach High School), one middle school (Thurston Middle School), and two elementary schools (El Morro Elementary School and Top of the World Elementary School).
Main article: Laguna College of Art & Design The Laguna College of Art & Design (LCAD) is a small private college positioned in Laguna Canyon.
It was established in 1961 by the Festival of Arts and Laguna Art Museum as the Laguna Beach School of Art.
Main article: List of citizens from Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach has its own FM improve airways broadcast, KX 93.5. The improve is served by two weekly small-town newspapers: the Laguna Beach Independent and the The Coastline Pilot, a subsidiary of the Los Angeles Times.
In 2004, MTV created a reality tv show entitled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which aired for three seasons.
Fire protection in Laguna Beach is provided by the Laguna Beach Fire Department, and law enforcement by the Laguna Beach Police Department.
Laguna Beach also has been using goats as part of its fuel reduction and vegetation management program since the early 1990s. Marine safety services are provided jointly by Laguna Beach City Lifeguards in north Laguna Beach and by Orange County Lifeguards in south Laguna Beach.
A fire in Laguna Beach in October 1993 finished or damaged 441 homes and burned more than 14,000 acres (5,700 ha).
Laguna Beach has 3 sister cities: City of Laguna Beach.
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